Watch Out, Donald

NAMES AND FACES

March 3, 1990

FIRST CAME ''Trump: The Game.'' Now it's ''Trump: The Lawsuit.'' Donald Trump, who probably has enough on his mind as members of the news media hype his messy split from his wife, Ivana, now is the target of a suit by a Southfield, Mich., man, who says Trump stole his concept in creating the Monopoly-style game. According to a lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Detroit, insurance agent Walter Brockington III, 29, claims he sent Trump a letter in 1988 asking for financial backing for ''Mogul,'' a board game meant to reflect the high-stakes world inhabited by people like Trump. Shortly thereafter, Brockington said, Trump signed a deal with Milton Bradley to market ''Trump: The Game'' at $25 a copy. Trump donates his proceeds from the game, introduced in spring 1989, to charity. Brockington reportedly is asking for more than $50,000 in damages. The Trump organization isn't buying Brockington's claim.